Pierce Nichols wrote: > > I mentioned this to those at CDI on Sat. It's a steam-powered pump with no > moving parts whatsoever, being developed by a British company called > Pursuit Dynamics. They're thinking of using it for boat propulsion and > industrial pumping. I think it might be usable for propellant pumping as > well. This would entail replacing the steam generator with a pre-burner > (either fuel or oxidizer rich, depending on which propellant is to be > pumped), and adding a diffuser to convert the kinetic energy of the stream > exiting the pump to pressure. It's inherently a staged combustion approach, > and since the temperature rise out of the device is only a few degrees C, > should be usable with cryogens. The company's site, with a good deal more > information on the nature of the beast, can be found at > http://www.pursuitdynamics.com/default.asp.
I'm not sure we'd want to supject peroxide to the "highly energetic flow in the shockwave zone", though... -dave w _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
